RS-BNA-AUG_12_19 Lithuania - Amendments Regarding Management of Waste Batteries
07/22/2012
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- The Ministry of Environment has adopted amendments to the Rules on Batteries and Accumulators and Management of Waste Batteries and Accumulators (D1-613/2012) that require manufacturers and importers of portable batteries and accumulators to organize and finance the collection of waste batteries and the transfer of collected batteries to licensed waste managers. In addition, beginning Jan. 1, 2013, manufacturers and importers of batteries and accumulators using them for their own needs are obliged to manage waste of those batteries and accumulators by themselves or to transfer it to licensed waste managers. The amendments were adopted July 22, 2012.